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  <title id="cw20941">DROP GROUP</title>
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    <p id="sql_command_desc">Removes a database role.</p>
    <section id="section2">
      <title>Synopsis</title>
      <codeblock id="sql_command_synopsis">DROP GROUP [IF EXISTS] <varname>name</varname> [, ...]</codeblock>
    </section>
    <section id="section3">
      <title>Description</title>
      <p><codeph>DROP GROUP</codeph> is an alias for <codeph>DROP ROLE</codeph>. See <codeph><xref
            href="./DROP_ROLE.xml#topic1" type="topic" format="dita"/></codeph> for more
        information.</p>
    </section>
    <section id="section5">
      <title>Compatibility</title>
      <p>There is no <codeph>DROP GROUP</codeph> statement in the SQL standard.</p>
    </section>
    <section id="section6">
      <title>See Also</title>
      <p><codeph><xref href="./DROP_ROLE.xml#topic1" type="topic" format="dita"/></codeph></p>
    </section>
  </body>
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